weeding out;  elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees);  culling;  selection (e.g. natural selection)
 swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family);  martin;  barn swallow (Hirundo rustica);  younger man involved with an older woman;  boy toy
 Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States);  Ch'i
 consequence;  outcome;  result;  blame
 government office;  agency;  board
 Wei;  Cao Wei;  kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms period (220-266);  Wei;  kingdom in China during the Warring States period (403-225 BCE)
 China (sometimes also used in ref. to Korea or other foreign countries)
 The End;  Finis;  completion;  conclusion;  providing fully
(arch.)  switch (long, tender shoot of a plant);  switch (cane used for flogging)
 seven;  seven years of age;  four o'clock (old time system)
 large country;  major nation;  great power;  province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
 each; (arch.)  you (plural)
 to eat;  to drink;  to receive (e.g. a blow);  to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable);  to undergo (trouble)
 to use up;  to exhaust;  to devote oneself (to);  to do one's utmost (for);  to do to exhaustion;  to do completely
 in order to (e.g. meet goal);  so that;  take care (so as);  hoping or wishing for something
 sword (esp. a large, double-edged one);  blade;  bayonet;  swordsmanship;  stinger;  ovipositor
 to face;  to go towards;  to head towards
 to stab;  to thrust (into);  to plant (in the ground);  to stick upright
 to continue;  to keep up;  to keep on
 what is called;  what they call;  so-called
 the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period (Chinese history)
 the end;  the extremity;  the limit;  the limits;  the result
 from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity);  since;  from (originator);  by;  because;  since;  out of (constituent, part)
 wind;  breeze;  manner;  behaviour;  cold;  influenza
 to try to ...;  to be about to do ...;  to decide to ...;  to take as;  to treat as;  to use for;  to suppose that (such) is the case
 this;  this one;  this person;  now;  this point (in time);  here;  used to stress the subject of a sentence
 to outrun;  to run through to the end
 too;  also;  both A and B;  A as well as B;  even;  as much as
 -less;  lacking;  non-existing
 boy;  juvenile;  young boy;  youth;  lad
 young person;  youth;  young
 king;  ruler;  tycoon;  magnate;  king (of the senior player)
 violent shock;  agitation;  turbulence;  turmoil;  upheaval;  excitement
 story;  tale;  narrative;  account;  fable;  legend
 hm;  um;  huh?;  what?;  nuh-uh;  no
(arch.)  the art of war; (arch.)  martial arts;  military force;  the sword;  valor;  bravery
 to be;  to exist;  to have;  to be located;  to be equipped with;  to happen
 body;  torso;  trunk;  build;  physique;  health
 nature;  natural;  spontaneous;  naturally;  spontaneously
 but;  however;  (and) yet;  nevertheless;  still;  for all that